Having finished eighth at Riviera back in February and ninth here in the 2017 US PGA Championship, the 44-year-old veteran, Matt Kuchar, is a very straightforward selection at more than twice the price he trades at on the High Street.
The Texan's big strength is his short game so his ability to get-up-and-down with regularity is a key asset this week and given he arrives in fine fettle, with form figures reading 9-3-19 since he missed the cut at the Players Championship, he's a very fair price at 190.0189/1 on the Exchange given he's only a best-priced 80/1 with the books.
Back 1.5 u Matt Kuchar @ 190.0189/1Place order to lay 10u @ 10.09/1 & 10u @ 2.01/1
Adam Schenk has ranked inside the top-seven for Scrambling on the last three occasions that he's made the cut.
His most impressive performance to date was his second placed finish at the Valspar Championship in March when only a ridiculously strong finish by Taylor Moore prevented him from winning for the first time on the PGA Tour.
Since then, Schenk has missed the cut in the Texas Open and finished 31st at the RBC Heritage but he'll return to the fray this week with whole new perspective on life having welcomed his first son, Adam Jr, into the world.
New dads often outperform from their norm and although he's missed two of his three cuts here previously, there's evidence to suggest Adam Sr can shine around Quail Hollow.
He only finished 13th here in 2019, but he sat third after round one and he recovered well after a disappointing 74 in round two had seen him slip to tied 28th.
He also sat second after the opening round of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera back in 2020 before eventually finishing 47th there but the belief in his game will be far stronger now after the Valspar and he looks worth chancing at a very big price.
Back 1 u Adam Schenk @ 340.0339/1Place order to lay 10u @ 10.09/1 & 10u @ 2.01/1
Given the bizarre results witnessed here of late, I'm more than happy to throw in one complete and utter outsider in the shape of the resurgent 2016 US PGA Championship winner - Jimmy Walker.
Yet another player with a sublime ability around the greens, Walker has never really shone at Quail Hollow, but he's twice finished fourth at Riviera and he's enjoyed a big upturn in fortunes lately, finishing inside the top-25 in each of his last three individual stroke play events.
The worst of those three efforts was his tied 25th at the RBC Heritage but that really doesn't tell the whole story at all. Walker led by three strokes at halfway and he was matched at a low of 6.411/2 after a couple of early birdies in round three.
Back 0.5 u Jimmy Walker @ 850.0849/1Place order to lay 10u @ 10.09/1 & 10u @ 2.01/1
Canada's Aaron Cockerill came agonisingly close to winning his first DP World Tour event at the ISPS Championship in Japan two weeks ago.
The 31-year-old hit a low of 1.511/2 when he had a chance to hit the front on the par five 16th hole and he came within millimetres of winning at the first extra hole in the playoff.
Wow.@lhgolf5 and @A_Cockerill both narrowly miss for birdie.Back to 18 we go for the second play-off hole #ISPSHandaChampionship pic.twitter.com/n2WOcDL20y -- DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) April 23, 2023
Wow.@lhgolf5 and @A_Cockerill both narrowly miss for birdie.Back to 18 we go for the second play-off hole #ISPSHandaChampionship pic.twitter.com/n2WOcDL20y
He did remarkably well to pick himself up after the disappointment to contend again last week in Korea and although he only finished tied for 21st, that doesn't tell the whole story.
He began the fourth round trailing by three, but he was tied at the top and matched at a single figure price after opening up the fourth round with three birdies in-a-row.
A bogey at the sixth and a double-bogey at seven took the wind out of his sails but he's clearly playing nicely and he looks a fair price at 140.0139/1.
After a few weeks on the road in Asia, Aaron will be meeting back up with his wife and baby daughter this week in Italy and that may just give him the fillip to contend once more.
Back 2 u Aaron Cockerill @ 140.0139/1Place order to lay 10u @ 10.09/1 & 10u @ 2.01/1
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